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VINTON, La. -- The decision the connections of Shanes Girlfriend made to supplement the 2-year-old filly to the Grade 3, $400,000 Delta Downs Princess looked like a genius move before the race was even over on Saturday.Shanes Girlfriend was always prominent in the mile race, and then opened up on the field in the stretch for a 13-1/4-length victory. She covered the distance in a stakes-record time of 1:37.98, eclipsing the mark of 1:38.71 set by Four Gifts in 2008.Cajun Delta Dawn finished second, while it was another 2-1/2 lengths back in third to Flatter Up. The first four finishers in the race earned Kentucky Oaks eligibility points on a sliding scale of 10-4-2-1. The fourth-place finisher was Chanels Legacy.Shanes Girlfriend ($8.80) improved her record to 2 for 2 in the Princess following an impressive debut win in a maiden special weight sprint Oct. 28 at Santa Anita. She was a $4,500 supplement to the Princess when pre-entries closed a few days later, on Nov. 1.Shanes Girlfriend on Saturday sat a length off pacesetter Flatter Up through an opening quarter-mile in 23.06 seconds and a half-mile in 47.16. She overtook that one through six furlongs in 1:11.17 and increased her advantage with every stride. Flavien Prat was aboard for Doug ONeill, who trains the horse for his brother, Dennis, as well as ERJ Racing and W.C. Racing.Shes a filly thats acted like two turns wont be a problem, Doug ONeill said. You never know until you try it.Dennis ONeill was pleased with the win from Shanes Girlfriend, who is named for his 13-year-old son, Shane. She was a $95,000 purchase during a 2-year-olds in training auction put on by the Ocala Breeders Sales Company. Shanes Girlfriend won her debut by more than five lengths, while covering six furlongs in a sharp 1:10.40.She had worked like a really good filly all along, Dennis ONeill said after the Princess. Shes nice and shell keep going. Shes just really, really classy.Erik Johnson of ERJ Racing watched the Princess on his phone in a hotel room as the all-star defenseman for the National Hockey Leagues Colorado Avalanche had a game in Minnesota on Saturday. The filly gave him his first graded stakes win. He said he has been an owner for three years.This past year was my biggest buying 2-year-olds, he said. I bought one to two the first two years. This year I bought 10. Dennis picks out my 2-year-olds. He has a great eye for value horses. Thanks to him and W.C. Racing for letting me partner.Shanes Girlfriend is by Adios Charlie, a son of Indian Charlie. She earned $240,000 for her win in the Princess. The remaining order of finish in the race was Forest Circle in fifth, followed by San Antonio Stroll, Golden Mischief, Jilly, Dude Fantasy, and Caroline Test. Jerseys China NFL . 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However Liam Boyce (Ross County), Billy McKay (Dundee United), Daniel Lafferty (Burnley), Ben Reeves (Milton Keynes Dons) and Michael Smith (Peterborough United) all miss out. Grigg scored 28 times for Wigan during the 2015-16 season Former Manchester United goalkeeper Roy Carroll, at 38, is the oldest player named in the squad by ONeill, while Aaron Hughes, who is on 99 caps, is also included. When asked about the selection of Grigg, ONeill told Sky Sports News HQ: At the end of the day, weve got a player that scored 28 goals this season and his club have been promoted to the Championship.I think it would have been wrong to ignore the season that he has had and we saw it continue last night. We put him on the pitch for half-an-hour and he popped up with his first international goal.He is a player in a good place at the moment and can have an impact at the tournament.ONeill also spoke about the difficulty of reducing his sqquad from 28 to 23 players for the finals in France.dddddddddddd Its difficult, maybe its more difficult because youve got a smaller bunch of players to choose from as its a little bit more personal in terms of leaving players out, he added. Michael ONeill admits he had to make some difficult decisions regarding his final 23-man squad I had to let the lads know, the five lads that were with us in the training camp, earlier in the week and it was difficult.They all probably deserved to go there. 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